Cute measuring spoons might encourage a young chef

I spent the morning at Maple Hill Middle School today for a food story I’m working on about a King Arthur Flour program that teaches kids to bake. The kids then donate some of the bread they’ve made to the needy.

The students were riveted by the baking demonstration, and my favorite moment came when they applauded wildly after the instructor showed them how to use dental floss to slice perfectly rounded cinnamon rolls for baking.

Anyway, I left there with a King Arthur Flour baker’s catalog, which had a great selection of kitchen tools for kids. My favorite was the bright plastic measuring spoons shaped like goldfish from Kuhn Rikon ($5.95). They’d make a great gift for the kind of kid who would applaud a well-shaped cinnamon roll. (King Arthur’s online catalog says they’re currently out-of-stock, but if you need the spoons sooner rather than later, you can find them here.)